60. Title & Author: Midnight Sun (partial draft) by Stephenie Meyer (264 pages)Genre: Fiction--Adventure & Romance
Completed: 19 October 2008
Summary & Review:
This fifth installment in the Twilight Saga recounts the same story as book one, Twilight (#42), but from Edward's perspective as narrator, rather than Bella's. Meyer had been planning to publish this book--complete--fairly soon but a draft she had sent to some people to look over and edit was leaked onto the internet. Meyer was very upset and said she wouldn't be publishing this book anymore, but posted the partial draft on her website for download.
This fifth installment in the Twilight Saga recounts the same story as book one, Twilight (#42), but from Edward's perspective as narrator, rather than Bella's. Meyer had been planning to publish this book--complete--fairly soon but a draft she had sent to some people to look over and edit was leaked onto the internet. Meyer was very upset and said she wouldn't be publishing this book anymore, but posted the partial draft on her website for download.
Even though this was only a partial draft and a rough edit, I enjoyed reading it. I probably even liked this better than the same story from Bella's perspective in Twilight. But, like Paige observed, this book probably wouldn't work without the background that the rest of the books in the saga give you. Reading this really made me like Edward's character a lot more. The way he came across in the other books in the series made him seem kind of lame, but here you got to see what he was going through the whole time. Plus, you get more perspective on the dynamics of the Cullen coven.
Rating: 9.0
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